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On the defining polynomials of maximal real cyclotomic extensions

Sobre los polinomios que definen las extensiones ciclot ómicas reales maximales

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The aim of this paper is to show that the simplest techniques of linear algebra allow us to make explicit the defining equations of the maximal real cyclotomic extensions ℚ(ζ + ζ−1 of ℚ(ζ), where ζ stands for a primitivep ν-th rooot of unity withp a rational prime and ν any positive integer.

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El objetivo de este artículo es dar de forma explícita, utilizando técnicas sencillas de álgebra lineal, las ecuaciones correspondientes a las extensiones ciclotómicas reales maximales ℚ(ζ + ζ−1 de ℚ(ζ), en donde ζ denota unap ν-ésima raíz primitiva de la unidad, siendop un número primo y ν un entero positivo cualquiera.

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Aranés, M., Arenas, A. On the defining polynomials of maximal real cyclotomic extensions. Rev. R. Acad. Cien. Serie A. Mat. 102, 183–191 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03191817

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